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say it: di-SIZH-uhn
decision is a noun meaning "the act of making up your mind about something". It carries 5 recorded senses.
the act of making up your mind about something
“the burden of decision was his”
“he drew his conclusions quickly”
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
“a decision unfavorable to the opposition”
“his conclusion took the evidence into account”
“satisfied with the panel's determination”
(boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
“had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent”
boxing
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
“a man of unusual decisiveness”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for decision come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.